Motivation and Learning
Narges Masihpour; Soheila Hashemi; habibollah naderi
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In the current research, the relationship between epistemological beliefs and academic self-determination with academic procrastination was investigated through the mediation of academic emotions. The research method employed was descriptive-correlational. The participants of the study were 320 undergraduate ...
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In the current research, the relationship between epistemological beliefs and academic self-determination with academic procrastination was investigated through the mediation of academic emotions. The research method employed was descriptive-correlational. The participants of the study were 320 undergraduate students from various fields and faculties of Mazandaran University, Babolsar Campus, selected through stratified random sampling. To measure the variables under study, the following questionnaires were utilized: Academic Procrastination Scale (Solomon & Rothblum, 1984), Epistemological Beliefs Inventory (Bayless, 2009), Academic Motivation (Vallerand et al., 1989), and Academic Emotions Scale (Pekrun et al., 2005). The proposed model was evaluated using structural equation modeling with AMOS software version 26. The mediating relationships in the proposed model were tested using the bootstrap procedure. The results indicated that the proposed model had a good fit with the data, also the results showed that the dimensions of epistemological beliefs and academic self-determination had significant indirect effects on academic procrastination through academic emotions.
Motivation and Learning
fateme rashidipour; Omid Shokri; Jalil Fathabadi; Hossein Pourshahriar
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The aim of this research was to develop a comprehensive motivational design program for students. Employing a mixed-method approach using an explanatory sequential design, we integrated the six-step process of intervention mapping, theories on motivation, volition, and performance (Keller's, 2018), along ...
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The aim of this research was to develop a comprehensive motivational design program for students. Employing a mixed-method approach using an explanatory sequential design, we integrated the six-step process of intervention mapping, theories on motivation, volition, and performance (Keller's, 2018), along with commonly utilized components in motivational interventions. As a result, a "motivational design" training package was formulated for students. This finalized educational program was implemented across ten virtual sessions, each lasting two hours, in a virtual way for the experimental groups. The program's effectiveness was assessed through a quasi-experimental study employing pre-test and post-test design and control group. Based on the results obtained from the qualitative part of the research, the components of enriching attention skills, perceived communication, competence and perceived academic self-confidence, satisfaction and self-regulation processes, problem solving and time management were the basis for shaping the content of the comprehensive program of motivational design. Moreover, quantitative outcomes from a simple mixed variance analysis indicated that the motivational design program effectively enhanced facilitative behaviors conducive to a health- Oriented academic lifestyle, mitigated behaviors hindering such a lifestyle, and bolstered academic coping strategies. In conclusion, this study underscores that the motivational design program through strengthening concentration, attention and interest, improving positive thinking strategies, adaptive emotion management strategies, correcting goal orientations and ineffective attributions and enriching cognitive and metacognitive skills of self-regulation, was effective in improving learners' motivational profiles
Motivation and Learning
Fatemeh Alipour; abolfazl farid; Emad Aldin Ahrari; Seyed Qasem Mosleh
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Academic dishonesty refers to any misconduct in academic affairs and assignments. It is a worrying phenomenon with many negative consequences. To prevent these consequences, experts have studied the effective relevant factors on academic dishonesty. In this study self-control and academic procrastination ...
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Academic dishonesty refers to any misconduct in academic affairs and assignments. It is a worrying phenomenon with many negative consequences. To prevent these consequences, experts have studied the effective relevant factors on academic dishonesty. In this study self-control and academic procrastination were studied as antecedents for academic dishonesty. It was a correlational study and Tangney, Baumeister and Boone (2004) self-control questionnaire, McCabe and Trevino (1997) academic dishonesty questionnaire and Solomon and Rothblum (1984) procrastination questionnaire were used. The relationships between the constructs of the proposed model were analyzed using structural equation modeling in AMOS software version 24. The statistical population included all high school students in the city of Osko, in the academic year 1401-1400. The sample size was 380 students. The fitness indices of the proposed model according to the criteria proposed by Meyers, Gamst and Guarino (2006) indicated an acceptable fitness with the data. The results showed that self-control has a direct and significant effect on academic procrastination and academic dishonesty. In addition, academic procrastination has a direct and significant effect on academic dishonesty. Also academic procrastination plays a mediating role in the relationship between students' self-control and academic dishonesty. Therefore, it is suggested that education authorities consider programs to improve students' self-control skills.
Motivation and Learning
Fatemeh Ataee; Omid Shokri; Shahla Pakdaman
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This study examined the mediating effect of cognitive coping strategies and achievement emotions on the relationship between mental toughness and academic lifestyle behaviors among male and female gifted students. In this correlational study, 288 gifted students (141 male and 147 female) responded to ...
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This study examined the mediating effect of cognitive coping strategies and achievement emotions on the relationship between mental toughness and academic lifestyle behaviors among male and female gifted students. In this correlational study, 288 gifted students (141 male and 147 female) responded to the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire-Revised (Garenofski & Kraaij, 2006), the Health-oriented Academic life-style Questionnaire (Salehzadeh, Shokri & Fathabadi, 2017a), the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire-Revised (Abdollahpour, 2015) and Mental Toughness Questionnaire-Revised (Wagnall, Donovan, Papa Georgiou, Clough, Parker & Drinkwater, 2019). Structural equation modeling was used to assess the proposed gifted students. Results indicated that for gifted students, the partially mediated model of adaptive and nonadaptive cognitive coping strategies and positive and negative achievement emotions on the relationship between mental toughness academic lifestyle behaviors had good fit to data. Furthermore, all of the regression weights in the hypothesized model were statistically significant and model' predictors accounted for 66% and 61% of the variance in inhibitory and facilitator behaviors, respectively. Therefore, the most important idea derived from the findings of the present study is how educational professionals interested in the field of gifted psychology studies can pursue concerns related to the motivational profile analysis of gifted learners by emphasizing the information power of the emerging positive psychology movement.
Motivation and Learning
fatena Daneshjo; kazem barzegar bafrooei; Hossein Hassani
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The present research investigates the role of negative perfectionism and experiential avoidance in academic stress with the mediating role of fear of negative evaluation in Yazd University students. The type of research is descriptive correlation. The statistical population of research were all 14470 ...
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The present research investigates the role of negative perfectionism and experiential avoidance in academic stress with the mediating role of fear of negative evaluation in Yazd University students. The type of research is descriptive correlation. The statistical population of research were all 14470 students of Yazd University who were studying in the academic year 2021-2022, of which 384 were selected by the available method and using Morgan table. The research instruments included the standard questionnaires of perfectionism of Hill (2004), the acceptance and practice questionnaire of Bond et al. (2011), Fear of Negative Assessment of Watson & Friend (1969), and Godzella SLSI Student Stress Scale (1991). The validity of the questionnaire is confirmed by using the divergent validity method with PLS software and the reliability of the questionnaire is confirmed by using Cronbach's alpha test. Data analysis is performed using SPSS26 and SmartPLS2 software’s. The results showed that the two variables of negative perfectionism and experiential avoidance have significant effect on predicting academic stress. The two variables of negative perfectionism and empirical avoidance have significant effect on predicting academic stress with the mediating role of fear of negative evaluation.
Motivation and Learning
Manouchehr Falah; Ahmad Ghazanfari; Maryam Charami; Reza Ahmadi
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of competence perception in the relationship between the perception of teachers' support and academic demotivation of adolescent students. The research method was descriptive-correlation with structural equation modeling method. The ...
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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the mediating role of competence perception in the relationship between the perception of teachers' support and academic demotivation of adolescent students. The research method was descriptive-correlation with structural equation modeling method. The statistical population included all adolescent students of the second stage of high school in Yazd city, who were studying in the academic year 2020-2021. Among them, 421 were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. The measurement tools included Harter's (1981) academic motivation questionnaires, textual teacher support perception, McWhirter and O'Neill (2008) and Harter's self-perception (1989). Structural equation modeling (SEM) and SPSS-21, LISREL-8.72 software were used for statistical analysis. Pearson's correlation results showed that there is a significant correlation between academic apathy and the perception of teachers' support and the perception of competence (p<0.05). Also, the results of the path analysis indicated that the perception of teachers' support is related to academic demotivation through the perception of competence. Based on the findings of the research, the perception of competence and the perception of teachers' support have an effective role in reducing academic demotivation in students
